On 25 February 2025 the regional Government of Navarra, organized an event on its renovation programme “Biziberri”, under the moto ‘Renovating the present’, building the future. The programme session included local representatives from different municipalities, as well as representatives from the regional government and other regions from Spain, the central Ministry and also EU wide representatives from the EIB.
At the event, some of the oPEN Lab achievements were presented by the Director of the Department of Strategic Government, Urbanism, Housing and 2030 Agenda Ms Uxua Domblas. Ms Domblas introduced the evolutionary process that led to the current concept of Oficina Verde / Green Office (One-Stop Shop for energy and renovation next to the renovation areas) since the beginning of the Pamplona rehabilitation office in 1986, which has progressed in parallel to the regulatory change in terms of rehabilitation subsidies, with the current expansion to the whole city.
Ms Domblas presented the great achievements of the Txantrea district office together with the regional public company Nasuvinsa, as well as the more recent office of Rochapea (under oPEN Lab) and its replication in Milagrosa district, and advanced the incorporation of the Txantrea office into the municipal network of Green Offices, with the goal of setting up an office in each neighbourhood of the city.
She emphasized the role of the Green Offices as accelerators of change within the framework of the Energy Transition and the importance of citizen sovereignty in energy matters. In addition she highlighted the Energy Communities, which allow to focus not only on efficiency but also include concepts such as local energy production and social sustainability.
